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Tasmanian Familymoon
  • Steve Hackett
  • Steve Hackett

Tasmanian Familymoon

After having to delay both the wedding and the honeymoon, we got married in December 2021 and we are finally having the Familymoon... like honeymoon but as a family. Baca lagi
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    19 Februari 2022
  • Steve HackettTasmanian FamilymoonPengembara
    Dinner time!
    That's a big ship!

    Checked in and settled.

    19 Februari 2022, Australia ⋅ 🌙 17 °C

    We got into Melbourne in pretty good time, had some dinner at a little Italian place near the pier.
    After dinner we checked into the Spirit of Tasmania, which took about an hour in all. It seemed fairly simple.
    It is way past Millie's bed time so she was overtired and the excitement meant she was tough to get to sleep.
    Next stop; Davenport, Tasmania.    Baca lagi

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    Windows on Westella

    20 Februari 2022, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    We arrived in Davenport and started our driving journey as soon as we got off the Spirit of Tasmania. It was an easy checkout and quicker to get off than getting on.
    We headed up the Highway towards our first stop at Turner's Beach Berry Patch, but they didn't open until 10am, so we stopped up the road at Windows on Westella for breakfast.Baca lagi

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    Strahan post-office

    Gordon River Cruise

    21 Februari 2022, Australia ⋅ 🌧 12 °C

    We were up and out of our accommodation very early this morning to collect our tickets and check in for the Gordon River Cruise.
    The cruise took us from Strahan out across Macquarie Harbour to Hells Gate and the open. The boat then turned and headed in past Liberty Point and the Atlantic Salmon fish farms, passed Sarah Island to the mouth of the Gordon River and along the river to our first stop...Baca lagi

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    Gordon River World Heritage site

    21 Februari 2022, Australia ⋅ 🌧 12 °C

    As the Gordon River is a world heritage site, the boat switched over to electric engines for quiet running at lower speeds. The air was clear and the sites were stunning. It was beautifully clear and, with a bit of rain as we went.
    We stopped at the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park Heritage Landing rainforest boadwalk and were able to walk through a small portion of the national park rainforest. It is not called rainforest for nothing. It did rain a good portion of the walk, which lasted about half hour before we got back on the boat and headed back down towards Macquarie Harbour.    Baca lagi

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    Sarah Island

    21 Februari 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    From the Gordon River Heritage site, we had lunch and made our way back to Sarah Island where we had a guided tour of the hardest of the penal colonies in Tasmania, before Port Arthur site was established.
    Sarah Island was for repeat criminal offenders who continued to offend while serving time in Van Diemens Land. It was a fascinating tour given by one of the guides who also promoted the show we are seeing on Wednesday called The Ship That Never Was... more about that on Wednesday.
    The tour was amazing and we learnt a lot about the people and the culture of the penal settlement, while intermittent showers kept us on our toes.
    After the tour of Sarah Island we headed back across Macquarie Harbour back to Strahan, arriving back by 2.45pm.    Baca lagi

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    Morrison's Huon Pine Sawmill

    21 Februari 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    Probably one of the highlights of the trip was to visit the Morrison's Huon Pine Sawmill. It is the longest running and only remaining Huon Pine sawmills still in operation. It is here we got to see the traditional practice of milling the Huon pine logs, felled as many as 60 years ago. It has been operated and continues to be operated by the same family using traditional timber milling practices and machinery. I may have spent a "bit" of money on some Tasmanian timbers I can take home to use in my craft.
    After this we got some groceries and headed back to our accommodation for an easier and more relaxing day tomorrow.    Baca lagi

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    Easy day walking and playing

    22 Februari 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    Today we took it easy, walking along the Esplanade to the shopping area. We found a park for Millie to have a play at, then continued on for some lunch at a bakery cafe (the only one in Strahan, it seems).
    On the way back, another stop at the park and a walk through a rainforest area managed by the local school, seeing if we could see any Paltypus'. There was also some evidence of times gone by; remnants of rail lines and the heavy reliance on rail in years gone by to service these remote areas.    Baca lagi

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    The ship that never was

    22 Februari 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    We had an early dinner and headed into the main street to see the longest running show in history, The Ship That Never Was.
    It told the story of the last of the convicts on Sarah Island who built the last ship the facility ever produced and stole the ship to escape, ending up in South America.
    It was a hilarious satirical take on the events of the time and how the convicts were acquitted of the initial charges through a legal loophole.
    It is a 2 person show where the audience is invited to participate and Millie was also asked to participate. She had a blast and even had a water fight with one of the performers at the end.    Baca lagi

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    Wilderness West Coast Railway

    23 Februari 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

    Today we were up really early to make the 1 hour drive from Strahan to Queenstown to get the Wilderness West Coast Railway half day rail ride. The train is an old steam engine used in the late 19th Century to transport, among other things, Copper from the Queenstown mines to Strahan.
    The first part of the run involves a stop at Lynch's Creek, where we were able to try our hand at gold panning.    Baca lagi

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    Lynch's Creek, Rinadeena, Dubbil Barril

    23 Februari 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    After Lynch's Creek we continued on the railway, this time assisted driven by a rack and pinion system, used to drive the engine up the unusually steep inclines. The guide stated most trains struggle to traverse inclines any more than 40:1 ratio (incline gradient 40m length to 1 m elevation) however this one we were on are the 2 steepest railways in the southern hemisphere. From Lynch's Creek to Rinadeena it is 20:1 incline, but from Dubbil Barril to Rinadeena (on the way back) it is 16: 1 incline. The train uses 3000 litres of water each time it does a climb and has to fill up at several points along the railway.
    Once at Dubbil Barril we got to watch the train turned around on a manual turntable and did a rainforest walk to check our part of the King River Gorge, before getting back on the train and heading back to Queenstown, arriving back in Queenstown just after 2pm.    Baca lagi

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    Rosebery stop

    24 Februari 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    A brief stop in Zeehan for petrol, then on to Rosebury. Millie really doesn't travel too well so we had to stop for a short rest stop.
    Interestingly while Millie was playing I read up about the Bumble bees we have seen a fair bit while in Tasmania. It turns out they were introduced from New Zealand as a feral species to Tasmania in the 1980s or 90s and have bread and spread here. But they are so round and fluffy ("So fluffy I could die")... now I don't feel so bad about stepping on them if I see them!Baca lagi

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    Arrival at Cradle Mountain

    24 Februari 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    We arrived at Cradle Mountain approx 1.00pm, and got some information from the Visitors Centre about the park and things to do, walks and the parks pass. We then moved into our accomodation at the Cradle Mountain Highlander Cottages. It is a lovely place and the surrounding bush and landscape is beautiful. We spent the afternoon relaxing and updating this, and getting settled into our cottage.Baca lagi

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    Walk and Dinner

    24 Februari 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    About 5pm we walked from where we are staying to the Cradle Montain Lodge Tavern Bar and Bistro for dinner. They certainly have a "captive" audience up here where food is very pricy. Afterwards we walked back, up hill all the way to our accommodation at Cradle Mountain Highlander Cabins. It turned out to be a very long walk, especially for short legs... Millie's that is, not Lindsay's!Baca lagi

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    Cradle Mountain-Rainforest walk

    25 Februari 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    After we had a breakfast of left overs from last night, we walked 3 mins to the visitor information centre and purchased our park pass for the day. Included in it was a ticket on the bus which runs between the information centre and 4 stops between there and Dove Lake, so we got the bus to the first stop, which was the Cradle Mountain Ranger Station and Interpretation Centre and the start of the Rainforest Walk.Baca lagi

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    Cradle Mountain-Enchanted Walk

    25 Februari 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    After finishing at the Interpretation Centre we did the Enchanted Walk which was a fair bit longer than the Rainforest walk, and this took us up to having an early lunch, as Lindsay had a massage at Pepper's Cradle Mountain Lodge at 12.45.
    We were amazed how low the streams and creeks are, and, for rainforests, just how dry everything is. For a place that gets 300 days of rain per year and given the rest of Australia is in the midst of la nina weather, Tasmania has had very little rain this summer, and even the locals are saying this.    Baca lagi

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    Cradle Mountain-King Billy Walk

    25 Februari 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    After Lindsay headed off for her massage, Millie and I went for a walk on another of the many walking trails around here. We did the King Billy Walk, which was a bit up hill on the way in, and down hill on the way out and Millie really was starting to get over walking. But we found a massive great King Billy Pine, and enjoyed the walk before heading to the pond out the back of Pepper's Cradle Mountain Lodge to wait for Lindsay to finish her massage.
    I also took the opportunity to enforce the beauty of this place with Millie and we discussed the importance of respect for the environment, the land and the earth on which we live and that gives us life. We talked about our responsibilities to care for the earth because God has given us it to be cared for it (we are the stewards of creation).    Baca lagi

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    Cradle Mountain-Dove Lake

    25 Februari 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    Once Lindsay finished her massage, we got the bus to the last stop, Dove Lake. It was here we did one more walk as a family, to the Dove Lake Boat Shed, then I was left to go off and do a hike for myself while Lindsay and Millie came back to our accommodation for the rest of the afternoon so Millie could play and have some rest before dinner and the Tasmanian Devils encounter.
    I, on the other had, did the 6km loop of Dove Lake. It was absolutely stunning and photos (more to come) really don't do it justice. It took me just over 2 hours from when I left Lindsay and Millie, and I got the bus back to the Infomation Centre in time for us to go for dinner at the Cradle Mountain Hotel.    Baca lagi

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